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(No Model.)

A.BRAND0N. BAR FIXTURE.

No. 477,987. Patented June Z8, 1892.

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UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER BRANDON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

l SPECIFICATION forming pm of Letters Patent No. 477,987, dated June as, 1892.

Application filed March 17, 1892.

To a/ZZ whom it may conocerm- Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BRANDON, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bar-Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in bar-fixtures, and has for its object to provide receptacles adapted to contain sugar or other articles, the receptacles being two or more in number and connected in. such a manner as to admit of their being jointly pivoted to the bar orothcr support.

Another object of the invention is to providereceptacles adapted to contain, for instance, one loaf sugar and the other powdered sugar, said receptacles being oppositely arranged and connected with the bar or similar support by means of a single pivot-pin, and in such a manner as to enable a receptacle when not in use to be concealed beneath the bar, and also whereby either one may be easily brought outward in a position for use, the other in the meanwhile being concealed, and to provide a means whereby the receptacles may be provided with covers, and also to provide the receptacles with keepers for the 'ac-y commodation of spoons.

Another object of the invention is to construct receptacles of the character above described in such a manner that they will be exceedingly economic and durable as well as convenient, and whereby the receptacles may be expeditiously and conveniently removed from their supports for the purpose of cleansing them, and to so construct the attaching medium between the supports and the receptacles that if one or if both of the receptacles should become broken they may be readily removed and perfect ones substituted.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will'be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Views.

Figure l is a plan view of one of the recep- Serial No. 425,317. (No model.)

tacles and a portion of the supporting-frame of both, the other receptacle and a portion of the supporting-frame being in horizontal section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a portion of a bar and the attaching medium between the bar and the fixture, the fixture being partly in sideA elevation and partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a slightly-modied form of receptacle, the .supporting-frame and pivot ofsaid receptacle being in side elevation.

vThe frame of the fixture preferably consists of a central sleeve 10, from vopposite sides of which arms 12 are madeto radiate,

and the upper faces of the arms are preferably straight or iiat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order that the frame may be made as light as possible consistent with strength, openings 13 are formed therein at each side of the sleeve, which openings may partake of any design that fancy may dictate; but the outer edges of the arms are solid,with the exception that at one or two points therein apertures are formed for the passage of bolts 14, and when the form of arms is employed shown in Fig. 2 each armat or near its upper edge upon one side has a lug 15 produced thereon, for a purpose to be hereinafter described. f

The frame may be made with as many arms as may be found desirable ;but ordinarily but two arms are employed. These arms are then adapted vas supports for two receptacles A and B. These receptacles may be of any shape in cross-section and may be made from any material. Each receptacle, however, has formed integral with one side or attached thereto a vertically -disposed lug 16. The lugs of the receptacles are adapted forv engagement with the sides of the arms 12 at the outer ends thereof, and in placing the receptacles upon the arms they are located ordinarily at opposite sides, as shown also in Fig. 1. The lugs of the receptacles are provided with openings to receive the bolts 14, and after the bolts have beenvpassed through the openings in the arms above referred to and the registering openings in the lugs 16 of the receptacles, locking-'nuts 17 are screwed upon projecting ends of thel bolts, which locking-v IOO In order that the entire weight of the receptacles A and B shall not be sustained by the bolts 14, each arm 12 at its lower end is provided with a foot 18, which extends sufficiently beyond the ends of the arms to engage with and form a rest for the under surfaces of the receptacles, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Each receptacle is further provided with a cover 19. This cover may be capable of being lifted up from the receptacles, as shown in Fig. 3. In that case the cover is perfectly independent of the body of the receptacle; or, as shown in Fig. 2, the cover may be hinged to the arm 12, supporting the receptacle which the cover is adapted to close; or the cover may be hinged to the body of the receptacle in any suitable or approved manner. Ordinarily and preferably the hinge connection is effected between the frame and the covers of the receptacles by passing screws 20 through offsets 21, formed at the periphery of the covers, and into the lugs 15, produced upon the frame and above referred to. It is evident that when the hinged or pivoted covers are employed, when said covers are opened they will be carried back over the top of one of the arms, which arm will serve as a rest or'support for the cover, thereby removing undue strain from the pivot of the cover. Each receptacle is also preferably provided upon its under face or bottom with a lug 22. This is to be grasped by the operator when one of the receptacles is to be carried out from beneath the counter for use. Each receptacle is also providedaipon its outer face with a keeper 23, preferably countersunk, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This keeper is adapted as a support for a spoon 24 when the latter is not in use, and preferably the upper end of the handle of the spoon is curved,so as to pass overthe keeper, as shown in Fig. 2. The'frame of the fixture is to be pivotally attached to the under surface of a bar D or other equivalent support, and this attachment is ordinarily effected through the medium of a plate 25, adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the support, which plate is provided with a hub 26, and the hub and body of the plate have formed therein a bore 27, the wall of which is threaded. A rod 28 is used in connection with the plate 25 and hub 26, and this rod at both extremities is threaded, its upper end being adapted to be screwed into the threaded bore 27 of the hub 26, and after the sleeve l() of the frame h-as received the body portion of the rod 28 a lock-nut 29 is screwed upon the lower extremity of the rod. Washers 30 are also used, one being located between the upper end of the sleeve and the lower end of the hub and the other between the lower end of the sleeve and the lock-nut 29. When the lid 19 of a receptacle is to be lifted entirely therefrom, as shown in Fig. 3, the arms 12,

supporting the receptacle, may be curved downward, so as to render them much narrower, in which event the lugs 16 upon the receptacles are of a length equal only to the width of the arm.

It is obvious that when a bar is provided with a fixture constructed as above described the receptacles may be completely hidden beneath the bar when not in use, and either one of them may be conveniently and expeditiously brought out from beneath the bar within convenient reach of the party behind the bar, and, further, that each receptacle may be removed from the frame and thoroughly cleaned and replaced with but little trouble, and that while the device is exceedingly durable it is also simple and economic and may be readily attached to any bar and constitute an ornament thereto. f K

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y Y 1. A bar-fixture comprising an attaching device for the under side of the bar, a bolt or rod depending therefrom, a frame turning upon the bolt or rod, and receptacles having vertically-extended flanges on their outer sides removably bolted to the outer vertically-extending edges of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. A bar-fixture comprising a pivot-pin adapted for attachment to a bar or other support, a frame provided with a sleeve intermediate of its ends and adapted to turn upon the pivot-pin, the said frame being provided with outwardly-proj ecting feet at its lower portions, and receptacles removably attached to the frame and resting upon the feet thereof, the said receptacles being provided with lugs formed upon the lower portions thereof, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A bar-fixture consisting of a pivot-pin adapted for attachment to a bar or other support, a frame having a sleeve intermediate of its ends and adapted to turn upon the pivotpin, which sleeve is removable from said pin, receptacles provided with exterior lugs, bolts removably connecting the lugs of the receptacles with the frame at its extremities, and feet carried by the frame and engaging with the under surface of the receptacles, as and for the purpose specified.

fl. A bar-fixture consisting of a pivot-pin adapted for secure attachment to a bar or other support, a frame having a sleeve intermediate of its ends, adapted to receive the pivot-pin and removably held thereon, receptacles provided with lugs, which lugs are removably connected with the frame at its ends, feet projecting outward from the under portion of the frame at its ends and engaging with the lower portions of the receptacles, the said receptacles being provided with removable lids, and a keeper for the reception of a spoon, said keeper being exteriorly located, as and for the purpose specified.

5. A bar-fixture consisting of a pivot-pin adapted for attachment to a bar or other support, a frame provided with a sleeve interme- IOO IIO

diate of its ends, adapted to receive the pivotpin, receptacles provided with exterior lugs, locking-bolts removably connecting the lugs of the receptacles with the end portions of the frame, feet carried by the frame and supporting the lower portions of the receptacles, the upper portion of the frame being essentially straight, hinged covers adapted to slide over the receptacles and also over the straight upper portions of the frame, and keepers exte- Io riorly located upon the receptacles and adapted to receive and hold a spoon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER BRANDON.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EDGAR TATE. 

